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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree realize after she packs her things?

2. What is Tree's nightmare?

3. What does M'Vy tell Tree about Ken?

4. What does Tree see when she takes Brother Rush's gloves?

5. What does Tree call Miss Pricherd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does M'Vy say when Tree and Dab tell her about their experiences with Brother Rush?

2. What are Tree's feelings about Dab's sickness?

3. What is Tree and M'Vy's relationship like, at the end of the book?

4. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

5. What does M'Vy tell Tree is wrong with Dab?

6. What is Tree's nightmare?

7. Why does Tree get upset when M'Vy says that it is time to go out?

8. What ails Brother Rush?

9. How is the relationship with Tree and Miss Pricherd different at the end of the book?

10. What does M'Vy tell Tree about her brothers and Dab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", another book in which children are transported into another world through a special portal.

Essay Topic 2

What does Dab's illness seem to be, and how important is it that we know exactly what it is? Considering how his health affects the rest of the story, does it matter what it is, exactly?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ken and Silversmith. How are they similar? How are they different? What are they like as people? What are they like as father figures for Tree?

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